Japan scraps all 1,034 regulations governing the use of the floppy disk After more than 50 years since the first one was made, Japan has officially killed off the iconic floppy disk. Amazingly, despite leading the world in groundbreaking technologies, Japan still required its citizens to submit documents stored on floppy disks through the post The floppy disk, invented and …
The outdated machine hampering the fight against Covid-19 Alamy The use of fax machines in health services have led to delays in Covid-19 tests results Major backlogs in processing patient data during the pandemic are forcing the healthcare sector to reassess its relationship with fax machines. Pascal Bachelet/BSIP/Alamy Many hospitals still rely on faxes to share patient records and test …
